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The Horseracing Integrity & Welfare Unit (HIWU) announced today that it has directed the Pennsylvania Equine Toxicology and Research Laboratory (PETRL), a Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA) Anti-Doping and Medication Control (ADMC) Program laboratory, to modify its instrumentation and methodology for TCO2 testing to mass spectrometry so that it is consistent with HIWU’s three other Program laboratories.

Los laboratorios pueden analizar hasta una billonésima parte de un gramo, pero ¿por qué es importante en un animal que pesa más de media tonelada? Aquí es donde entra en juego la relación entre el peso y la potencia.

Laboratories can test down to one-trillionth of a gram, but why is that significant in an animal that weighs more than half a ton? This is where understanding weight versus potency comes into play.

Las pruebas positivas que se denominan basándose en una concentración reportada de una sustancia prohibida en niveles de picogramos a menudo reciben mucha atención. Descubra por qué es importante leer más allá de los picogramos cuando se entere de una posible infracción.

Positive tests that are called based on a reported concentration of a Prohibited Substance in picogram levels often get lots of attention. Learn why it’s important to read beyond picograms when you hear about a potential violation.

Conozca la lógica detrás de las especificaciones de las pruebas e informes.

Get to know the rationale behind testing and reporting specifications.

The Horseracing Integrity & Welfare Unit (HIWU) and Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA) released today the results of HIWU’s investigation of the University of Kentucky Equine Analytical Chemistry Laboratory (UK-EACL). The full report can be accessed [here](https://www.hiwu.org/about/reports-and-statistics/hiwus-report-on-its-investigation-of-the-university-of-kentucky-lab).

On March 5, 2024, the Horseracing Integrity & Welfare Unit (“HIWU”) and the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (“HISA”) announced that HIWU was investigating the performance of the University of Kentucky Equine Analytical Chemistry Laboratory (“UK-EACL”) under HISA’s Anti-Doping and Medication Control (“ADMC”) Program. The following report details the events leading up to the announced investigation, including UK-EACL’s persistent delays in reporting results, unprofessional staff behavior, and unresponsiveness to HIWU communications. Ultimately, the catalyst for the commencement of the investigation was the discovery by HIWU of intentional misrepresentations that were made about Sample analysis.

Earlier today, the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA) and Horseracing Integrity & Welfare Unit (HIWU) were notified by the Racing Medication & Testing Consortium (RMTC) that the RMTC had suspended its accreditation of the Analytical Forensic Testing Laboratory at the University of Illinois Chicago (“Illinois Lab”).